Playing Field and Recreation Ground

Analysis

Playing Field and Recreation Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Playing Field and Recreation Ground reported income of £30k and spending of £8,520, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £30k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Playing Field and Recreation Ground sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fincham Memorial Hall and Playing Fields (£30k), St Helens Badminton Ltd (£30k) and Staplefield Village Hall CIO (£30k).